Famous Ladies You Never Knew Were BFFs

Jessica Chastain and Michelle Williams

Chastain and Williams met and became close friends back in 2004. Chastain had just graduated from the Julliard School in New York City, where she studied acting and Williams had just ended her 6-season run on the successful teen drama Dawson’s Creek.

They were both looking to start new chapters in their professional lives. That year, they were both cast in a Williamstown Theater Festival production of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. During that time, they lived together and as Chastain claims, “became like sisters.” Professional success was achieved by both as they were each nominated for an Academy Award in 2012.